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Subject: Re: May I Troll for a Second?

Author: Marc van Hal

Date: 08:00:42 03/31/02

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On March 31, 2002 at 00:24:31, Tina Long wrote:

>On March 31, 2002 at 00:04:10, Jerry Doby wrote:
>
>>How do we know that these side matches between humans and computers are honest?
>>If a match is not official with a company of repute will we add these matces to
>>chris carsons list? Does the body of CCC accept such matches? I say that I am a
>>troll to keep someoneelse from saying it, since everything i say is labeled a
>>troll, I thought i might save someone the trouble.
>
>I have the utmost respect for Grandmasters.  They have immense talent & they
>work very very hard to achieve the best Rating & Championships that they can.
>Most of the top Grandmasters Eat & Sleep Chess, 24/7.
>
>Thus the concept of these people Throwing Matches is quite foreign to me.  Their
>own self esteem would stop them from such public humiliation.  Their whole
>Career rests on winning chess games to get invitations to bigger & better chess
>tournaments.
>
>Only a real loser, who believed his career was ending & beyond redemption, would
>throw games to a computer for money.  I believe every Chess Grandmaster does Not
>see themselves in that way.
>
>I think if you respect these people you believe in their honesty, and if you
>don't respect them then you doubt their results, which tarnishes all match and
>tournament results, from Chris's list all the way up to the current World
>Champions.
>
>I may be nieve to have such faith in Chess Grandmasters, but it is a much more
>pleasant life than to be constantly doubting the integrity of game match &
>tournament results.
>
>Tina Long

So basicly what you say is it is much easier to believe in lies then in the
threuth.
This maybe a fact but..
Not an good argument.

Regards Marc



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